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Saturn retrograde 1988

Saturn retrograde 1988: 1 period, 141 days inside the year — 38.6% of 1988. Saturn turned retrograde at 2:08 AM UTC on April 11 at 2°32′ Capricorn and turned direct at 10:06 AM UTC on August 30 at 25°55′ Sagittarius.

Turns retrograde
Apr 11 2:08 AM UTC
Turns direct
Aug 30 10:06 AM UTC
Retrograde in 1988
141 days 38.6% of the year
Sign
Capricorn retreats 6.62°
Saturn Retrograde 1988 Dates: Apr 11 – Aug 30

Saturn’s path through 1988, day by day

Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1988
Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1988. Saturn starts 1988 at 25°17′ Sagittarius and ends it at 5°26′ Capricorn — 10.1° of net progress: 16.8° forward, 6.6° given back. The loop retraces 6.62° in 141 days, from 2°33′ Capricorn on Apr 11 back to 25°55′ Sagittarius on Aug 30. Fastest day: Dec 25, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Jun 20, 0.074°. Counting the shadows, 336 days of 1988 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Jan 5, 1988 – Apr 11, 1988Post-retrograde shadow: Aug 30, 1988 – Dec 6, 1988Retrograde: Apr 11, 1988 – Aug 30, 198824° Sagittarius26° Sagittarius28° Sagittarius0° Capricorn2° Capricorn4° Capricorn6° CapricornStations retrograde Apr 11, 1988, 2:08 AM UTC, 2°32′ CapricornR Apr 11Stations direct Aug 30, 1988, 10:06 AM UTC, 25°55′ SagittariusD Aug 30JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1988. Saturn starts 1988 at 25°17′ Sagittarius and ends it at 5°26′ Capricorn — 10.1° of net progress: 16.8° forward, 6.6° given back. The loop retraces 6.62° in 141 days, from 2°33′ Capricorn on Apr 11 back to 25°55′ Sagittarius on Aug 30. Fastest day: Dec 25, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Jun 20, 0.074°. Counting the shadows, 336 days of 1988 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Jan 5, 1988 – Apr 11, 1988Post-retrograde shadow: Aug 30, 1988 – Dec 6, 1988Retrograde: Apr 11, 1988 – Aug 30, 198824° Sagittarius4° Capricorn6° CapricornStations retrograde Apr 11, 1988, 2:08 AM UTC, 2°32′ CapricornR Apr 11Stations direct Aug 30, 1988, 10:06 AM UTC, 25°55′ SagittariusD Aug 30JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Saturn starts 1988 at 25°17′ Sagittarius and ends it at 5°26′ Capricorn — 10.1° of net progress: 16.8° forward, 6.6° given back. The loop retraces 6.62° in 141 days, from 2°33′ Capricorn on Apr 11 back to 25°55′ Sagittarius on Aug 30. Fastest day: Dec 25, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Jun 20, 0.074°. Counting the shadows, 336 days of 1988 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Saturn retrograde 1988: exact times in your city

Saturn turned retrograde at 2:08 AM UTC on April 11, 1988 at 2°32′ Capricorn — 10:08 PM on April 10 in Santiago, 10:08 PM on April 10 in New York, 3:08 AM in London and 11:08 AM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Mon, Apr 11 · 2°32′ Capricorn Tue, Aug 30 · 25°55′ Sagittarius
Honolulu United States 4:08 PM Sun, Apr 10 · UTC−10 12:06 AM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 6:08 PM Sun, Apr 10 · UTC−8 2:06 AM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 7:08 PM Sun, Apr 10 · UTC−7 3:06 AM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 7:08 PM Sun, Apr 10 · UTC−7 3:06 AM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC−7
Denver United States 8:08 PM Sun, Apr 10 · UTC−6 4:06 AM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 9:08 PM Sun, Apr 10 · UTC−5 5:06 AM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 8:08 PM Sun, Apr 10 · UTC−6 4:06 AM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC−6
New York United States 10:08 PM Sun, Apr 10 · UTC−4 6:06 AM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 10:08 PM Sun, Apr 10 · UTC−4 6:06 AM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 9:08 PM Sun, Apr 10 · UTC−5 5:06 AM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 9:08 PM Sun, Apr 10 · UTC−5 5:06 AM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 10:08 PM Sun, Apr 10 · UTC−4 6:06 AM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 10:08 PM Sun, Apr 10 · UTC−4 6:06 AM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 11:08 PM Sun, Apr 10 · UTC−3 7:06 AM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 11:08 PM Sun, Apr 10 · UTC−3 7:06 AM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 2:08 AM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC 10:06 AM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC
London United Kingdom 3:08 AM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC+1 11:06 AM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 3:08 AM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC+1 11:06 AM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC+1
Paris France 4:08 AM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC+2 12:06 PM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 4:08 AM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC+2 12:06 PM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 4:08 AM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC+2 12:06 PM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 4:08 AM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC+2 1:06 PM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 5:08 AM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC+3 1:06 PM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 5:08 AM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC+3 1:06 PM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 6:08 AM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC+4 2:06 PM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC+4
Nairobi Kenya 5:08 AM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC+3 1:06 PM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 5:38 AM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC+3:30 1:36 PM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 6:08 AM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC+4 2:06 PM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 7:08 AM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC+5 3:06 PM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 7:38 AM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC+5:30 3:36 PM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 7:53 AM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC+5:45 3:51 PM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 8:08 AM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC+6 4:06 PM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 9:08 AM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC+7 5:06 PM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 9:08 AM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC+7 5:06 PM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC+7
Singapore 10:08 AM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC+8 6:06 PM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC+8
Beijing China 10:08 AM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC+8 7:06 PM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC+9
Manila Philippines 10:08 AM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC+8 6:06 PM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 10:08 AM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC+8 6:06 PM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 11:08 AM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC+9 8:06 PM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC+10
Tokyo Japan 11:08 AM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC+9 7:06 PM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 11:38 AM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC+9:30 7:36 PM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 12:08 PM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC+10 8:06 PM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 12:08 PM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC+10 8:06 PM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 2:08 PM Mon, Apr 11 · UTC+12 10:06 PM Tue, Aug 30 · UTC+12

Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Saturn station 1900–2050: median under a minute, largest 1.2 minutes. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.

141 days · retreats 6.62°

April 11 → August 30, 1988 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde Apr 11, 1988, 2:08 AM UTC at 2°32′ Capricorn
Stations direct Aug 30, 1988, 10:06 AM UTC at 25°55′ Sagittarius
Shadow opens Jan 5, 1988, 12:39 AM UTC (97 days before)
Shadow closes Dec 6, 1988, 1:47 AM UTC (98 days after)
Full window including shadows 336 days

It begins in Aries season and ends in Virgo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Capricorn — Apr 11 to Aug 30, 1988 (141 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Scorpio — Apr 11 to Jul 20, 1988 (100 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Capricorn — Apr 11 to Aug 30, 1988 (141 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Cancer — May 22 to Jul 4, 1988 (43 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Gemini — May 31 to Jun 24, 1988 (24 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Aries — Aug 26 to Aug 30, 1988 (4 days of overlap)

For the sign itself, see Capricorn and its daily horoscope.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1988

Previous

1987 Ended August 19, 1987 after 141 days, moving back 6.63° through the zodiac.

Next

1989 Begins April 22, 1989 and runs 141 days.

Both dates are computed from the planet’s apparent motion, not taken from a table. A retrograde begins the moment its daily movement against the stars turns negative, and that moment is findable to the hour.

Computed for 1988

Saturn through the zodiac in 1988

Every sign Saturn occupies during 1988, with the dates it enters and leaves. A sign that appears twice means the planet backed into the previous sign during a retrograde and crossed again.

Saturn in Sagittarius From Jan 1 – Feb 13
Saturn in Capricorn Feb 13 – Jun 10
Saturn in Sagittarius Jun 10 – Nov 12
Saturn in Capricorn Nov 12 – Dec 31 and beyond

4 segments in 1988. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1988 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1988

Mercury in Aquarius Feb 2, 1988 – Feb 23, 1988 · 21 days
Pluto in Scorpio Feb 14, 1988 – Jul 20, 1988 · 157 days
Uranus in Capricorn Apr 4, 1988 – Sep 5, 1988 · 154 days
Neptune in Capricorn Apr 11, 1988 – Sep 18, 1988 · 160 days
Venus in Cancer May 22, 1988 – Jul 4, 1988 · 43 days
Mercury in Gemini May 31, 1988 – Jun 24, 1988 · 24 days
Mars in Aries Aug 26, 1988 – Oct 28, 1988 · 63 days
Jupiter in Gemini Sep 24, 1988 – Jan 20, 1989 · 118 days
Mercury in Libra Sep 28, 1988 – Oct 20, 1988 · 21 days
← 1987 Saturn retrograde in 1987. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1989 → Saturn retrograde in 1989.

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